eSIM.net Launch eSIM Using iOS 26’s Automatic Travel Activation Feature
Virtual mobile provider eSIM.net, which specialises in offering travel eSIMs (embedded SIMs) for roaming use, has launched a new travel eSIM – Global64 – that claims to be “the first” to take advantage of Apple’s latest iOS 26 innovation — automatic travel SIM activation.
In short, customers with an Apple iPhone running iOS 26 or later can now detect when a user travels abroad and automatically activate a preloaded travel eSIM, before seamlessly switching back to the user’s domestic SIM upon return. The new Global64 eSIM claims to be “the first product globally to integrate with this feature“, enabling travellers to enjoy effortless connectivity in 64 countries worldwide.
The new feature should help to eliminate some of the friction that still exists when needing to manage multiple SIMs or roaming plans. This can be especially irritating to users that aren’t comfortable messing around with the settings for different SIM profiles.
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Gerry O’Prey, CEO of eSIM.net, said:
“Global64 marks a major milestone for mobile connectivity. For the first time, travellers can land in another country and their phone simply works — no SIM swaps, no settings, no stress. This is how travel connectivity was always meant to be.”
We haven’t yet been able to play around with the new iOS 26 feature ourselves and so don’t yet know if it has any caveats, since there’s often some merit in retaining more manual control over how profiles are setup (e.g. using one for calls/texts and the other for data etc.). Suffice to say that anything which automates these sorts of changes can sometimes make a wrongful assumption.
So far as we’re aware, Apple’s feature should work with any travel eSIM as it gives you the option when first installing a new profile (i.e. asking if the eSIM is for ‘home’ or ‘abroad’), but we could be wrong.
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.
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When these Esim companies get Telenor Maritime on board, they will start to make some really money out of this, currently only A1’s Redbull sim is the only one (that I’ve found) that supports data roaming on cruise ships, but €15/GB makes it very expensive, very quickly!!
Only if you’re streaming
Gigsky do them. Works well.
eSIM stands for embedded SIM, not electric SIM.
They’ve corrected it, thank god, no credit to you for pointing it out though. I was jumping up and down swearing
An electric SIM? Whatever next? Maybe a clockwork SIM for use during power cuts? 🙂
Sean, good work on picking it up, I was still hopping around and swearing to myself. It’s been corrected now, but with no credit to your good self, readers will be asking just what you were on about.